Not to mention the fact that this time of every year especially, all those leaves piled in the gutter clog the storm drains during the first significant downpour of the rainy season causing huge pools of water to collect in the intersections. On more than one occasion, I have had to don my foul weather gear and head out into the street in front of my home in the middle of a torrential storm with a rake to pull the leaves back from the storm drain. At times the water has gotten so deep my front lawn was covered and it was creeping up my driveway and about to flood my garage!

Um, I thought the story was about Mayor Fargo, not Mayor Rudin.